April 2017

Poetry and Literary Translation MFA alum Heather Lang has been awarded the Nevada State College School of Liberal Arts & Sciences Adjunct of the Year Award. Heather teaches Asian Literature, Composition I, Composition II, Modern American Drama, Professional Writing, and World Literature II at NSC. — This year…

Anthony Gramuglia is a 2016 graduate of FDU’s MFA program, and his flash fiction, “Blood of an Englishman,” has just been published by Splickety Magazine‘s March 2017: Literary Time Warp issue. Congratulations, Anthony! Anthony is currently employed as a Content Creator for Jerrick Media. When he…

In Warrior: A Collection of Short Stories, facing aliens, demons, curses and armies, twelve unstoppable heroes must find the strength to defeat their enemies with wit, weapon and a warrior’s heart. These short stories all feature heroes who identify within the LGBTQIA spectrum. In MFA candidate Natalie…

“Rupert holds the pillow close to his chest. The weight is real now,” writes Andrew Condouris. FDU MFA candidate Andrew Condouris’ short story, “How Much Does a Shadow Weigh?” has been published by Danse Macabre Magazine‘s du Jour site. Anthony told us that he workshopped…

Congratulations to FDU MFA candidate Anthony Ausiello for his publication in Gravel: A Literary Journal. According to Anthony, his short story, “Stubborn Sarah,” was born from faculty member Eliot Schrefer’s “Wicked Question” workshop at the MFA’s last Madison residency. About the workshop, Anthony said, it “nudged my…

Scott Wordsman, at the Colorado Review, writes the following about FDU MFA Poetry and Literary Translation faculty member H. L. Hix’s American Anger: “What makes this piece satisfying and rhetorically successful extends beyond Hix’s diction and wit; what flatters is the poet’s unerring command over his subject…